Because when you put a sign up next to a freeway, people will read it until somebody takes it down.

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Friday, June 15, 2007

From Our Founding Fathers

"I have pledged my life and sworn upon the Altar of God, to struggle against tyranny of all forms with every fibre of my being. Using giant puppets." -Thomas Jefferson

"I'd pray to God to give me strength to sign every e-mail petition MoveOn.org sent me. By His Grace, many would be forwarded." -John Hancock"Those nude peace sign things look interesting..." -Benjamin Franklin

"Once me and a friend took a bunch of stickers and went downtown and put em on newspaper racks and phone poles and stuff. It was pretty cool. We were kind drunk though." -Paul Revere"Whenever I get a dollar bill I write 911 was an inside job! on my face." -George Washington"My only regret is that I have but one 'Bike 4 Peace!' T-Shirt to give for my country." -Nathan Hale

Spraypainting something on cardboard is a lot like stickering, actually: it shows the person cared enough to do the very least.

Painting the cardboard white and handpainting gigantic signs, on the other hand, makes a far more dramatic statement, and when placed with a bit of cleverness, will be seen by over a hundred thousand people in a day. Done properly, they can change the very landscape people are travelling through.

Stickers can't really do that - nor just spraypainting stuff on cardboard. I think it's important to make it look as though you really care about what you're saying, and to do your utmost to get people to read it. The first amendment not only allows and protects this, but I believe demands it if you believe your nation is in peril. It is.